Leslie and Turtle Collector Buddy Read - The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

[~Leslie~]

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

Starting in middle of January

[~Leslie~]

Yay!! I found the thread!! I have the book from the library and will be ready to start this week.

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

I'll be starting it tomorrow.

[~Leslie~]

Sounds good. As soon as I finish the one I'm reading I will start this.

[~Leslie~]

Started this one and I'm on Chapter 2. Such a strange thing to want to marry your dead son to someone. The MC seems to lead such a strange sad life.

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

I finished Chapter 2 today as well and will probably read a little more before bed, but I also have another book started I want to finish today.

I definitely feel sorry for the girl. I wish her mother was still alive. I wonder why the father thinks it is such a good idea to marry a dead person, but the Amah doesn't. Would she get the status of the richer family? Maybe he just doesn't want to be responsible for his daughter any more.

It has to be hard to have been rich and now live almost in poverty. His drug addiction doesn't help either.

[~Leslie~]

I've made it through chapter 5. it is a strange life she has, do very isolated. seems life would have been very different if her mother had lived.

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

I think her life would be very different if her mother had lived. She would have much more interaction with people and she might even have been betrothed already.

I think it is a little creepy that the dead son is coming to her in her dreams. Do you know if there are any really old traditions of marrying relatives after the death of your husband in her culture? Maybe if she decides to become the widow of the dead man, she can then have a relationship with the cousin who she seems to like.

[~Leslie~]

I don't know much about chinese mythology, which is one reason I find the book so fascinating. And it is seriously creepy. The cousin has definite possibilities! I'm always looking for a romance.

I started a full time job this week, so I've had little time to read. I plan on getting a lot more done this weekend. Sorry about that. Not used to having so little free time.

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

I am through chapter 9 and the relationship with the Lim family has been explained some more.

(just in case you read this post before continuing the book)(view spoiler)[I don't understand why a betrothal can be cancelled just because someone else dies. She should still be able to marry the nephew who was originally intended for her. It is so unfair!! I also think that the Lim family could have been more on the ball instead of waiting for her father to do anything. (hide spoiler)]

Nothing seems to go right for this girl, I can't help wishing the book was set in more modern times so she would have many more choices about what to do with her life. I am glad she has Amah in her life to give her someone who loves her.

[~Leslie~]

I am just about through Chapter 9 as well.

I felt so sad that there was an engagement but then it was taken away. She certainly struggles in life.

And the ghost is really creepy. He freaks me out.

[Turtlecollector Dennis]

I do not look forward to seeing what the ghost does next. How does he influence all those other people to do his wishes? I think he should only be able to contact those he had emotional connections with during his life.

Now it makes me wonder, though, how the title actually references her. I hope nothing really bad happens to her.

[~Leslie~]

I just finished Chapter 10. Part Two is called The Afterworld. I'm getting freaked out again. I think this is about where I stopped the last time.

And I agree. I want good things not bad!